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Re: Box Breathing

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Post by freehunter »

mappu wrote: post #36
kristofferR wrote: post #32

Weird, I was just playing Wolfenstein: The New Order today, where the main protagonist uses this technique all the time. I'd never heard of this technique before that. What's the phenomena called - where you encounter the same new thing multiple separate times within a short time frame?

Baader-Meinhof phenomenon.

Fun fact about that phenomenon: no one really knows why it's called that. Someone just picked what seems to be a random name and it stuck. It has nothing to do with the real life Baader-Meinhof group.

Re: Box Breathing

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Post by erikpukinskis »

et-al wrote: post #56
pauljaworski wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I had the good fortune of learning yoga from a teacher whose core focus was on the breath. He taught this technique and other breathing techniques first and foremost before any movements ever came into play. The difference in the relaxation, stress-relief, etc., between that and the way I see yoga taught at these chain studios is incredible. I wish that was the standard, but obviously much fewer people have the patie…

That's because video of breathing exercises on Instagram/Facebook won't garner as many likes as impressive as a scorpion pose on the mountain top. Let's be honest, a good number of yoga practitioners here in the West do it for superficial reasons instead of actual personal improvement.

Yeah, it's just about fitness for a lot of people.

Re: Box Breathing

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Post by crawfordcomeaux »

Listen to "One More Robot / Sympathy 3000-21" by The Flaming Lips and breathe with the background piano chords. Great for square breathing.

For vortex breathing (in 3, out 5, no pause between either phase), listen to "Breathe (in the air)" by Pink Floyd.

Re: Box Breathing

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Post by pasta »

et-al wrote: post #56
pauljaworski wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I had the good fortune of learning yoga from a teacher whose core focus was on the breath. He taught this technique and other breathing techniques first and foremost before any movements ever came into play. The difference in the relaxation, stress-relief, etc., between that and the way I see yoga taught at these chain studios is incredible. I wish that was the standard, but obviously much fewer people have the patie…

That's because video of breathing exercises on Instagram/Facebook won't garner as many likes as impressive as a scorpion pose on the mountain top. Let's be honest, a good number of yoga practitioners here in the West do it for superficial reasons instead of actual personal improvement.

But arent there two types of yoga? The spiritual one (yoga) and the 'fitness' one (hatha yoga)?

Re: Box Breathing

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Post by rojobuffalo »

bkanber wrote: post #16

There's growing evidence that breathing is linked to brain activity in interesting ways [1]. There's also the "4-7-8" breathing technique that is supposed to help you fall asleep faster. [2] On top of that, concentrating on breathing takes your focus away from other inner monologue and intrusive thoughts; meditation programs typically start you off on that path. [1] https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2016/12/rhyth…

This is a pretty nice demonstration of how breathing affects focus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xc3XdOiGGI

Re: Box Breathing

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Post by kkoomi »

jjcm wrote: post #37
ris wrote: post #31

Point of note: those of you who also have their animated gifs set to run once and not loop, you're only supposed to stay exhaled for 4 seconds. Don't do what I did.

Out of curiosity, why do you have them set to only run once?

I started doing this after encountering articles that abused this with annoying looping memes; very distracting.

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Post by function_seven »

eeZah7Ux wrote: post #26
visarga wrote: post #19

It's been known for thousands of years in yoga as "samavritti pranayama", or "square breath". The advice is to count on the finger of one hand. Inhale while stepping 1 2 3 4, Hold 1 2 3 4, Exhale 1 2 3 4 and Hold 1 2 3 4. All of this without mentally counting, just use your fingers to do the steps. It is recommended before meditation for calming the agitated mind. Another method is to count breaths in increasing cycl…

Slapping "navy" on it is a prime example of cultural appropriation. (Before someone claims that this technique is modern: there are hundreds of technique similar to this one in Yoga and Buddhism)

The more cultural appropriation, the better off we all are. I’m being serious.

Re: Box Breathing

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Post by JumpCrisscross »

re wrote: post #48
imchillyb wrote: post #40

I got a laugh out of this. You used a circle to depict "box breathing"; when you could just as easily have utilized a box.

Here's a CSS animation version, then, with illustration of the "box" aspect: https://jsfiddle.net/6937jx4L/

Sooo much better in so many ways. OP's had me anxious not to miss the transitions. The dot navigating the square communicates timing. Could you make into a GIF?

Re: Box Breathing

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Post by berryg »

crehn wrote: post #39

Shameless mention of a related app that I built: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/calmly/id998619858?mt=8 Struggled with severe stress and IBS during my youth; controlled breathing was really one of the only things that had an (near-immediate) effect.

Relaxation has immensely decreased my IBS symptons. Wished that somebody advised me years ago that yoga and relaxation could be so beneficial to your body.
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